Tag: edge computing

December 1, 2021

Manufacturing enterprises often operate in a cut-throat environment. Pressured by competitors from abroad and at home, they seek new ways to improve the quality of their products, reduce production costs, and boost the efficiency and flexibility of their operations. Advances […]

March 17, 2021

Smart manufacturing and edge computing will experience strong growth in 2021, say experts with Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a leading global technology research and advisory firm, as manufacturers implement advanced technology and supply chain management strategies and the […]

February 9, 2021

Much has been written about the manufacturing skills gap, or the mismatch between the skills current employees have and those that will be needed in the future. In their most recent joint research report, Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute predicted […]

February 27, 2020

Smarter sensors are gathering data and are able to transmit bigger amounts at faster speeds. Also, as sensors and devices are getting more intelligent, they can be programmed to make decisions on the spot (Edge Computing) vs. sending data to […]

December 18, 2018

The UK proudly holds the position of being the eighth largest manufacturing nation in the world. According to The Manufacturers’ Organisation EEF, the UK manufacturing sector currently employs 2.6mn people, accounts for 44% of total exports and provides 13% of […]

February 20, 2018

The advantages of cloud computing for industrial applications are increasingly finding themselves equally weighted—if not somewhat less favored—with the advantages of edge computing. Both offer systems for storage and analysis of data, but edge computing offers its advantages on site […]

March 3, 2017

As I noted in a recent post, the trend toward a greater focus on edge computing, rather than cloud computing, as the processing and analysis engine of choice for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications has been picking up a […]